# it's vs Ives

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### it's
*contraction · IPA /ɪts/ · frequency rank #55*
Contraction of it + is.

### Ives
*name · IPA /aɪvz/ · frequency rank #23,012*
A surname originating as a patronymic.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/it-s-vs-ives